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Roger George Moore was born in Stockwell, south London on October 14, 1927, the son of a policeman. At 15, he entered art school with the intention of becoming a painter, and later became an apprentice at an animation studio. He delved into acting as an extra in crowd scenes in the mid 1940's. He studied at the Royal Academy of Drama (RADA) and appeared in some plays in the West End, before being inducted into the British Army. There he served in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant with a Combined Services Entertainment Unit in Germany at the end of World War II. After release from the military, he worked in theatre, radio and television, but ... worked as a model and salesman to make ends meet.
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Sir Roger George Moore (CBE) was born on October 14 1927 in Stockwell, south London, the son of a policeman. Roger's intention was to become a painter, and at the age of 15 attended art school, and after graduating he worked in an animation studio. Roger's acting debut was as an extra in the mid-1940's, and following this early experience he enrolled at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
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Moore was born in Stockwell, London, the son of Lillian Pope and George Moore, a policeman. He attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. During World War II, he served in the entertainment branch (under luminaries such as Spike Milligan). There was a brief stint at RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), during which his fees were paid for by flamboyant, openly gay film director Brian Desmond Hurst, who ... used Moore as an extra in his film Trottie True. He first appeared in films in the 1940s, as an extra.
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Ende der 1940er-Jahre übernahm Moore mehrere kleine Statistenrollen beim Film und beschloss daraufhin, Schauspieler zu werden. Nach einem Studium an der Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ging er 1953 in die Vereinigten Staaten, wo er u.a. in den Fernsehproduktionen Ivanhoe und Maverick zu sehen war.
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